Nedrick Young (March 23, 1914 – September 16, 1968) was a screenwriter often blacklisted during the 1950s and 1960s. He is credited with writing the screenplay for Jailhouse Rock in 1957, which starred Elvis Presley.Young was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In addition to screenwriting, he also took on an acting role in various feature-length films during the period 1943–1966.Young died from a heart attack at the age of 54.
In between acting and screenwriting, Young was variously employed in a tool firm, as a luggage salesman, a garbage collector and as a bartender for $60 a week (as a writer for Warners he had made ten times that amount!).
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In the late 1940s he was an actor under contract to Warner Brothers.
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Served in the US Army during World War II.
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Won the Oscar for best screenplay (The Defiant Ones (1958)) under the pseudonymous Nathan E. Douglas after being blacklisted for invoking his Fifth Amendment rights while testifying before the 1953 House Committee on Un-American Activities.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Seconds
1966
Henry Bushman (as Ned Young)
Terror in a Texas Town
1958
Johnny Crale (as Ned Young)
The Defiant Ones
1958
Prison Guard in Truck (uncredited)
The Eddie Cantor Story
1953
Jack (uncredited)
Crime Wave
1953
Gat Morgan (as Ned Young)
So This Is Love
1953
Harry Corbett (uncredited)
House of Wax
1953
Leon Averill (uncredited)
Captain Scarlett
1953
Pierre DuCloux
She's Back on Broadway
1953
Rafferty
The Iron Mistress
1952
Henri Contrecourt (as Ned Young)
Springfield Rifle
1952
Sgt. Poole (uncredited)
Schlitz Playhouse
1952
TV Series
Aladdin and His Lamp
1952
Hassan (as Ned Young)
Retreat, Hell!
1952
Sgt. Novak (as Ned Young)
Inside Straight
1951
Accountant (uncredited)
A Lady Without Passport
1950
Harry Nordell
Love That Brute
1950
Rocky (uncredited)
Deadly Is the Female
1950
Dave Allister
Border Incident
1949
Happy (uncredited)
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
1949
Parsons (uncredited)
The Gallant Blade
1948
Sergeant Martine
The Swordsman
1948
Bruce Glowan
Unexpected Guest
1947
Ralph Baxter (as Ned Young)
The Devil's Playground
1946
Curly (as Ned Young)
Gay Blades
1946
Gary Lester
Ladies' Day
1943
Tony D'Angelo
Dead Men Walk
1943
Dr. David Bentley
Bombs Over Burma
1942
Slim Jenkins
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Inherit the Wind
1999
TV Movie teleplay
The Defiant Ones
1986
TV Movie story - as Nathan Douglas
Shadow on the Land
1968
TV Movie written by
The Train
1964
uncredited
Inherit the Wind
1960
screenplay - originally as Nathan E. Douglas
The Defiant Ones
1958
written by - originally as Nathan E. Douglas
Jailhouse Rock
1957
story - as Ned Young
Passage West
1951
front for Alvah Bessie
Rusty Leads the Way
1948
story
Joe Palooka in the Knockout
1947
original screenplay
Decoy
1946
screenplay - as Ned Young
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Bombs Over Burma
1942
performer: "Jingle Bells" - uncredited
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The 31st Annual Academy Awards
1959
TV Special
Himself - Writing Award Winner
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Hopalong Cassidy
1952
TV Series
Baxter
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1959
Oscar
Academy Awards, USA
Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen
The Defiant Ones (1958)
1959
Edgar
Edgar Allan Poe Awards
Best Motion Picture
The Defiant Ones (1958)
1959
WGA Award (Screen)
Writers Guild of America, USA
Best Written American Drama
The Defiant Ones (1958)
1958
NYFCC Award
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
Best Screenplay
The Defiant Ones (1958)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1961
Oscar
Academy Awards, USA
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
$800,000
